David Byrne and Fatboy Slim's ''Here Lies Love'' recently closed after a 2-month run (and extension) at Seattle Repertory Theatre.
Jaygee Macapugay, Mark Bautista and Conrad Ricamora starred, directed by Alex Timbers, and it received rave reviews.
It originally was announced as a co-production with A.C.T. in San Francisco, but it pulled out last November. (Boo!)
In Seattle, many seats of the 850-seat capacity Bagley Wright Theatre were taken out, to accommodate a disco for about 250.
David Korins, the award-winning set designer, created a two-level seating gallery that surrounded the dance floor.
Korins told American Theatre: ''Now that we’ve cracked that code, I have high hopes it could find its way back to New York in a proscenium, eventually a Broadway venue. We can now theoretically use the balcony, hook, line, and sinker, as it is. Isn’t that exciting? You heard it here first.”
I saw ''Here Lies Love'' many times at the Public, and I'd love to see this dynamic disco show shake its booty on Broadway.
And why not? If ''The Great Comet'' can show just how immersive and interactive a new musical can be ... |
